Its story

HIP 31227 has a visual magnitude of about 7.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 31227: right ascension 6h 32m 60s, declination +39° 47′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 31227. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31227, HD 46049, Gaia DR3 957140028920646400. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.